Bark Di Trute!: Tim Harris, Down Syndrome US Celebrity, Celebrates BIrthday in Jamaica

Tim Harris

Jamaica is certainly a place that many non-nationals love, love even more than some of us think we do. Tim Harris has down syndrome, but there is nothing down about him. He has fallen in love with Jamaica and the first thing he did was to check about down syndrome in Jamaica. He found information on the website and he got information about Mrs. Marigold Harding the Patron, and he contacted her. Mrs. Harding, former custos of St. Andrew, responded. The love affair between Tim Harris and Jamaica was now on solid footing.

Tim presenting his book to
Min. Fayval Williams

Now, who is this Tim Harris? Tim Harris was born in 1986, With down syndrome, one's expectation is not much, but Tim has exceeded his, and the expectation of others of him. In 2004 he graduated from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, He was elected homecoming king by the highest margin of votes in the school's history.

Saturday, January 21, 2023 Tim, his family and friends celebrated his birthday at the Tera Nova Hotel in Kingston. The setting was beautiful with tables well laid out, covered in white with gold strips on each table. The tables were adorned with beautiful flowers. Members of the Jamaica Down Syndrome family was out in their numbers to celebrate Tim Harris' 37 birthday.

Dr. Charmaine Scott, Founder of
Jamaica Down Syndrome Foundation,
meets Min. Fayval Williams

Tim is not only known for exceeding expectations, but he has a great capacity to love. To show his love, he loves to hug. He is now an author, a motivational speaker, and he runs a restaurant in the United States. His restaurant is known as the place to not only get good food, but to get good loving expressed in the form of a good hug. He frequently hugs the customers who come into his restaurant, and they love it. Tim came to Jamaica to not only celebrate his birthday, but he came with his love and his hugs. One of the highlights of the function, was to see him in a video hugging former US President, Barrack Obama. Tim is a celebrity in the US, and he has appeared on major TV and radio networks in the USA and other countries..

Click here to listen to Tim Harris' Speech.